Posts by ameliasmom0723

You are better off using chuck for chili's, stews, and pot roasts.   It's a pretty tough cut of meat.  A good slow cook idea for chuck is:  Cut the chuck into bite size peices and pour a mixture of diluted onion soup mix(2 cups of water to one packet) and reduced fat cream of mushroom.  Bake it at 250 for 3 hours or put in the crockpot on low for at least 7 to 8 hours.

I usually use sirlion tip steaks for stir fry's because they don't require marinating or pounding to be tender.

Try this website, it has all the basic dishes that would be at a chinese food place.  http://www.cspinet.org/nah/chinese.html

I like to make chinese at home.  I, like the others, use a low-sodium soy sauce which is also good for my DH's HBP.  Birdseye has a great blend of veggies for stir fry with peppers, water chesnuts, mushrooms, carrots, etc...  I use either chicken breast or a top sirloin trimmed of fat and sliced thin.  Use a low-fat italian dressing or olive oil to stir fry the meat and veggies.  I also use whole wheat spaghetti broke in half instead of rice noodles.  I have put my recipe in the recipe converter on here and it gives me about 409 calories per serving.  Here is the link to my recipe http://caloriecount.about.com/recipe/101479.h tml

We have this once every week or two weeks and it is so easy too!

I am not a new mom but I have a very active 3 1/2 yr old and a full time job so diet and exercise is tough. 

Some simple tips are to plan breakfast and lunch at night, I usually pack it all up to go and eat at work.  Try to plan meals a week at a time including lots of veggies, lean meats, and whole grains.  I try to buy everything I will need for the week and plan them out so I am not stuck making something quick which usually entails some packaged noodles and high fat and calorie meats.

Try to start getting in 10 minutes of high intensity Cardio and strength training in twice a day and work yourself to three times a day if it fits.  There are also some great exercises that you can use your baby for weight and helps with bonding.

Take small steps and don't get down on yourself if you miss a workout or have a no-no food, don't worry and get back on track!  I have been trying to lose weight for a few years and I want baby number two but I have to lose baby number one's weight first!

Keep on track and there is a lot of encouragement and great people on here to help!